The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-18

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The grouping Of the districts embrac,
thirteen divisions. The second d;;trics
embraces the miners Of hituninous and
eemi-bituminoga coal In the Snoeehoe,
Glea1Geld and Broad:op regions Of Penn.
eylvsnia; the Cumberland region, Mary
land the Pooohontas region, OF Virginia,
and all the mines In West Virginia and
Western Pennsylvania shipping coal 10
the same market. j. ~ gJGsI-5, i q.
The fifth district embraces tho miners
Of bituminous coal along the Mon cuya.
hela, ioughio2heny, Kanswka and Ohio
rivers as far down az the.mouth OF the
kanaWha. +a.gS Eeo 90 ~ 4
These divisions will ba subordinate 10
District Assembly l35. They will be off,
cered and governed after tho manner Of
local sessmhlies Of the knights Of Labor.
In mast eaees the divisions include many
local assemblies. No Local Assembly or
Division will be allowed to cause any
stoppage without the sanc,icI If the
National District Executive board. Will
liam q. Bailey, oI the General Executive
Rcard OF the knights Of Labor, Is Master
Workman of the whole organization, and
Louis James, of New Stsaitaville, O., is
secretuy,trsaa4rey. The Executive Board
is composed OF William A. Appleton, Mt.
Olive, ILL., ID. W. Evans, Wilkesbarre, Pa,
and John McQuade, indianapolis ''.lS''
} NOT SEEKING 4l0grs WAGES.
The purpose IN view Of the organization
"a not On immediate demand for highe,
wager Or shorter hours, but to establish a
mutual understanding for concerted &C.
tlon In other directions. In case OF de-
mand, it is stated, no move viii! be made
which is not thought to be reasonable
II demand II made in one division il
will not necessarily affect any other. Oac
Of the main reasons for dividing tho or.
ganization is understaod to be tho avoid
ance Of trouble in one region by the mer
employed in other adjacent regions q
heretofore. 54.5. r1,l
District Master Workman Bailey wa.
seen yeatefday at the Bingham House or
the subject OF the great organization. HI
said: This is simply gathering to.
gether for the first time under one heat
for better government OF all the minert
and mine laborers Of the country who be,
long to the Knights OF Labor, for mutua
protection and benefit. It is the inten
ton Of the founders Of this district and
the officers Of all subdivisions to abolish
strikes by having perfect organic alton
The men being under thorough disci.
pline, when grievances arise we can pre-
sent them to the employers in the region
producing that kind Of coal and have
them ,adjusted readily. All complaints
grievances and diferenoea must be sub
mitted to arbitration, and not ended BY
force "a heretofore. .e5 le555'S!1,,t}}i.i '.,S!1,s
's} WEAKNESS OF FORMER UNIONS.
"We recognize that the present miners
unions and all the miners' unions tha
have existed in the past are and wer'
nothing more than combinations Of mer
to force terms from their employers b,
might, whether their demands are right O.
wrong. For instance, the Minors ant
Niue I4aborers' Beneficial Association o
Pennsylvania, which was one Of the most
successful of miners unions, went go fal
in its acts Of injustice to employers tina
thei. success made them drunk with en-
thusiaam. This drunkenness brought or
insanity, and in their; insanity the mel
pulled down the shelter over their owl
heads. They finally forced the comb;ua
ton Of capital which crushed them out Q
existence. We expect this organisation
will supersede all the present ones. s
"It would be well" continued M,
Bailey, "for every employer Of minere On
lAine laborers before condenu;As and an
tagonizing this NatiQnsl District Aosembl
Of Miners and Mine Lsborers of Americ
70 frst study the aims and objects Of tn
organization. Its principal object is t
adopt regular reto Of wages annually, g
that hEaineuu may go on interrupted an
employers be sale in making contracI
without fear Of Interruption. Copies {
the lawa stopted for our government ma
hS had freely by making application
the. sub.divisions at the various resionR {
to our national Office. Antagonisn koey
alive the miners' unions which depand X
their existence upon strikes. / cont col
demn other labor organisations In an
form, hut am always willing to let Ii
telior unions give place to that which
best calculated to take care OF the interea
Of any trado or calling and to do Justice
lall concerned. So long as: | am Mast
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